10-24-2018, 02:38 PM
(10-24-2018, 02:00 PM)Whodey614 Wrote: The O-Line was the least of everyone's worries when the Bengals were dropping 30 every game. Like I keep saying, it's far from perfect but much improved from last year. It's impossible to rebuild an o-line into elite status in one year. Guys like Redmond and Hart were struggling but we were still producing due to Dalton getting the ball out quickly and guys being open.
The problem has been that Lazor seems to have lost his mojo ever since Eifert and Gio went out. I get that Eifert is a major weapon, but it's not like CJ or Kroft when healthy are scrubs. When Ross has been out there, he was barely being used or targeted outside out of the Carolina debacle. Lazor can't utilize Ross like KC does with Tyreek Hill. The running game stagnated again (has some to do with abandoning the run at the wrong times like against Pitt) and Mixon has not been used in the passing game as much as we expected. We're seeing flashes of the 2016 & 17 Bengals offense again and that should not be the case honestly. Especially since the OL is slightly improved and we have Tyler Boyd instead of Lafell and Mixon instead of Jeremy Hill. There are plenty of teams that have average WRs and OLs and they could still put up at least 24 points on the board against KC's defense. Lazor needs to make changes because nothing has not been working since the Atlanta game.
Great post, you are correct this shouldn't be happening with Mixon and Boyd. These guys can be superstars.
Honestly, i saw Dalton try to force the ball to AJ way too much against the Chiefs while these other guys can make plays.
(10-24-2018, 02:26 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Stats never tell the whole story nor will they ever tell the whole story. They're like reading the middle 10 chapters in a 20 chapter book.
For example we're down by 21 late in a game and get 2 pressures, see what I mean ?
Yep, just like all the times we argue with Fred while he doesn't tell the whole story.
Stats are not everything. Have to be able to see things with your own eyes.
(10-24-2018, 02:28 PM)Wyche Wrote: First off.....lots of good stuff in your post, and I agree with it, but I wanted to address what I bolded in detail.
I found this quote quite interesting:
"Forget that the Bengals scored 117 points in the first 14 quarters of the season with Eifert and 67 in the 14 quarters without him. It is also how Lazor shaped his offense around multiple tight-end sets.
Often double tights and sometimes triple tights, Lazor used Eifert, Uzomah and Tyler Kroft at least 32 percent of the snaps and none more than 65 percent in the first three games. In the last three games without Eifert, Uzomah has played at least 92 percent of the snaps because Kroft broke a bone in his foot. Without Kroft, in the last two games combined new No. 3 tight end Matt Lengel has played six snaps and Mason Schreck played nine before he suffered what appears to be a season-ending knee injury."
Lazor has some adjusting to do.....hell we don't even HAVE 3 TEs anymore in reality.
We need to draft atleast one TE early next year for sure to go along with a couple LB's it seems.
And of course a Guard and Tackle.
BTW, liked what i saw from that Minshew, Guard on your Noles the Gator game Wyche.
Big, mean, looking sumbitch.
